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Reliance Communications (RCom) has launched International Roaming Pack – Awesome America for its post-paid GSM customers.Reliance says that the pack would save up to 98% on data usage and up to 76% on voice calls while travelling to America. The pack costs Rs. 849 and comes with a validity for 30 days. You pay Rs. 10 for 1 MB of data usage while roaming in the United States. Continue reading “Reliance launches new US International Roaming pack for post-paid customers”
Nokia has named October 20th as International Mobile Photography Day, and recommend mobile users to snap a photo on the first International Mobile Photography Day that is dedicated to capturing all those once-in-a-lifetime, unexpected moments. Nokia launched the Lumia 1020 in India recently, which is the world’s first smartphone to feature a 41-megapixel camera sensor along with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). To mark the occasion, Nokia India announced a special initiative for its Indian consumers and photography enthusiasts. Continue reading “Nokia India to offer free image prints for Lumia 1020 users starting October 20th”
Facebook for BlackBerry 10 has been updated to version 10.2.2 that brings a lot of new features including option to preview links, option to share or re-post news stories and photos, based on your friend’s or page’s privacy settings and more. This update also lets you use the app and watch videos in landscape mode. All these features are already available in Facebook app for Android and iOS. Continue reading “Facebook v10.2.2 for BlackBerry 10 brings better sharing, landscape mode and more”
Uber, a technology company in the Silicon Valley of US, is expanding its cab rides service globally and the latest addition to their list of cities is India’s capital – New Delhi. Delhi will be Uber’s second city in India after Bangalore and they are expecting that it will be their biggest market in the country.Uber is available as an Android and iOS app. By using Uber, users can request a ride and they will be picked up within minutes. At launch, Uber will be concentrating on Central and South Delhi along with some parts of Gurgaon. They are expecting to cover all of Delhi as soon as possible.You could be picked up in one these awesome cars – Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Mercedes E & S class, BMW 3 & 5 series and Audi Q3, A4 and A6. Continue reading “Uber comes to Delhi”
Intex launched the Aqua i4 and Aqua HD last month, now two new smartphones, Cloud X5 from the Cloud series and Aqua N2 in the Aqua series has surfaced on the official website. The Cloud X5 is the successor of the Cloud X4, but it lacks 3G support present in the Cloud X4. Other features are almost similar including a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor. The Intex Aqua N2 has a 4.0-inch (800 ×480 pixels) WVGA capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor. Both these run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and come with dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Intex Cloud X5 and Aqua N2 spotted on official website priced at Rs. 4800 and Rs. 7900”
Advantage Computers India (Adcom) has launched new smartphones, A-350i and A-400i in the Adcom Thunder Smart Phone Series. The company launched 6 new smartphones, A-530 HD, A-500, A-450, A-430, A-400, A-350 in the Adcom Thunder Smart Phone Series back in May. The A-350i is an entry-level smartphone that has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). The A400i has a 4-inch HVGA display and runs on Android 4.0 (ICS). Both these smartphones are powered by a 1 GHz processor and have dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Adcom launches A-350i and A-400i smartphones in Thunder series starting from Rs. 3285”
Microsoft has updated the Bing Weather app for Windows Phone 8 to version 2.0.2.170 that brings a lot of new features including current snow and weather conditions at ski resorts around the world, weather history, revamped live tiles info that now displays current conditions, wind-speed, and precipitation—with a 5-day forecast. The update also brings new lock screen support finally that lets you get weather updates at a glance without unlocking the phone. Continue reading “Bing Weather for Windows Phone 8 updated with better live tiles info, lock screen support and more”
Zen launched the Ultrafone 501 earlier this year, now its successor, the Ultrafone 502 is available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. It comes with a with a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby, similar to other Zen smartphones and packs a 1700 mAh battery. Continue reading “Zen Ultrafone 502 with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 7299”
Deepak Mehrotra, CEO of Micromax India has quit to join Pearson as the new Managing Director for its India business, reports The Hindu Business Line. Deepak joined Micromax back in December 2011 as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior joining Micromax he served as Operations Director for North, West and South regions at Bharti Airtel, where he was also involved in the deployment of the MNP strategy and 3G rollout plan. Continue reading “Micromax CEO Deepak Mehrotra quits, to join Pearson as MD”
The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7″ tablet got a price cut in India last month, now Amazon has reduced the price of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ tablet as a part of limited period festive offer. It was announced last year and was launched in India back in June at a price of Rs. Rs. 21,999 and Rs. 25,999 for the 16GB and 32GB variants respectively . It has a 8.9-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) display with 254 ppi, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core OMAP4470 CPU with 299 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on a forked version of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ tablet gets a temporary price cut in India, now starts from Rs. 17999”
The HTC One Max is the newest device off the block from the Taiwanese company. Building off a design that high resembles the One Mini, phone packs a gigantic 5.9 inch screen. This surrounded by the aluminum and plastic shell makes it a rather humongous device. Here is a photo gallery of the device to whet your appetite, do check back for the hands on report shortly.
Micromax has announced that they have singed up Hollywood star Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador. Micromax has also teased their upcoming smartphone, the Canvas Turbo in a video, which would be launched soon. He will also be seen endorsing Canvas series of smartphones for Micromax. The Micromax Canvas Turbo is rumored to pack a 1080p full HD display and powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor. You can see the phone in the image above. Continue reading “Micromax ropes in Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador”
Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S4 LTE variant (GT-I9505) starting from Germany as reported by SamMobile. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the first non-Nexus device to run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) out of the box, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition got the Android 4.3 update back in August. At the Note 3 announcement Samsung promised the Android 4.3 update for the Galaxy S4 in October, and it has rolled out the update as promised. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out”
Videocon Telecom has seen phenomenal monthly growth of 9.5% with net addition of over 4.21 lakh subscribers in September 2013 to reach 49 Lakh customers. GSM subscribers increased by 4.41 million in September 2013 (0.65% increase from previous month), according to COAI report. Videocon Telecom operates in 4 circles, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh. Continue reading “Videocon Telecom adds 9.5% more subscribers over previous month”
Binatone India has launched APP STAR Android tablet for Kids. We had already seen Swipe and HCL launching kids’ tablets this month. Even this one comes with similar features such as child friendly menu with parental controls. Binatone had already launched these tablets in UK and the European markets . It has a 7” capacitive-touch screen display, comes with a touch-pen, runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and has bespoke children’s operating system that lets children to navigate easily. It is powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor. Continue reading “Binatone APP STAR tablet for Kids with 7-inch display and Android 4.1 launched in India for Rs. 9999”
